Prayer: Dear God, we are your children. As we love our neighbor, may that familiar feeling bring us to be your family. Amen
Reading: Mark 3: 20-35 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Reflection: Mark chapter 3 ends with some powerful and comforting words. Jesus tells us we are all brothers and sisters in his sight. By following and obeying his teachings, we are all one family. Early in our church history, members addressed each other as Brother or Sister rather than Mr. or Mrs. One young man in our congregation calls me Sister Alice. I get a nice feeling when he speaks to me in such a familiar, family way. Another nice greeting is neighbor. One of our former ministers always greeted my husband with, “Good Morning, neighbor” though we lived four blocks apart. If we follow God’s teachings of love, we are all familiar family. --Alice Yeakel
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